Coin-operated apparatus.



No. 755,130. PATEN-TED MAR. 22,1904,

J. H-BISSENBBRGBR.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1903.

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JOHN HEISSENBERGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COIN-OPEB ATED APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,130, dated March 22, 1904.

Application filed May 12, 1903. Serial No. 156,830. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HEIssENBEReER,

a citizen of the United States, residing in New to coin-operated ap- 'chine provided with a dial so made that the same cannot be operated either as a punch or lifting machine save upon theinsertion of a coin of the required denomination, which will when the coin is inserted and it is operated register upon a dial the number of pounds of the punch or lifting pull and which will when the registering-hand is returned to the Zeropoint deposit the coin in a suitable receptacle, an alarm device being provided to give a signal when the dial-hand reaches a predetermined high point and continuing to give such signal until the hand is returned to zero and the device being also provided with means for measuring the height of individuals.

Said invention is fully shown in the accompanying specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, wherein similar numerals and reference-letters designate like or equivalent parts wherever foundthroughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view in elevation of my improved combined punch, lifting, and measuring machine. Fig. 2 is a side view, on an enlarged scale, of the actuating mechanism of my machine. Fig. 3 is a front View of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4 4, Fig. 3'. Fig. 5 is aview showing the side of the casing removed and the mechanism of the machine as seen from the opposite side of Fig. ,2. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the dial, and Fig. 7 is a.detail sectional view of the measuring-rod.

Referring to the drawings, the referenceletter A designates the casing portion; B, the lifting'portion of the device; C, the punchingpad, and D the portion included in the registering-dial;

The casing A consists of a hollow bottom portion having the bottom 11 and top 11, from one end of which extends upwardly the hollow rectangular pillar or main portion 14. of such casing, carrying at the top the regis tering and striking mechanism, and at the end of the bottom or base portion opposite to that at which the main portion is located is a short upright hollow pillar or stud l3, and beyond this stud or post 13 the bottom 11 extends ina floor 12, upon which the operator stands when lifting. In one side of the main portion 14 of the casing, adjacent to the top, a swinging door may be provided, and within the casing, adjacent to. the door-bottom, a

money-receptacle may be placed as desired.

Reciprocating up and down in the pillar or post 13, through asuitable slip journal-box 22, is a lifting-rod 19, provided for a considerable portion of its length at the upper end witha screw-threaded lifting-handle 20, by which arrangement the handle may be quickly and easily adjusted to suit the height of the par.- ticular operator, a nut 21 of rounded form being screwed or otherwise secured to the top of the rod 19 to prevent the entire removal of the handle therefrom.

WVithin the post 13 is located a strong spring 23, usually of the conical helico-spiral form shown in the drawings, the top of which bears against the inside of the top ofthepost 13- and the bottom of which rests upon awasher or plate 23, secured to the'lower end of the lifting-rod 19, which rod is also pivotally secured at the bottom to the lever 24, said lever 24 being pivoted to the casing, as shown at 24, and is connected at its farther end with the lower end of the connecting-rod 25. 25 is connected at its upper endwith the chain, cord, or band 25', passing over the pulley 25" and connected with the actuating-lever 36, which is in actuating contact or connection by abutment against the front side thereof, at the lower end,with the front coin-lever 49, as shown in Fig. 5.

Reciprocating in and out of a cavity formed in the front wall of the casing to receive it, just below the dial and at the right height to be struck by a blow of the fist, is apunchingpad C of the well-known form, mounted upon Rodv a base-plate 62, carrying a directing-rod or slip-shaft 63, reciprocating in a suitable slipjournal, and the base-plate 62 being normally forced outward by a suitable coil-spring 64 and the inner end of the rod or shaft 63 abutting against the lower end of the front coinlever 49, as shown in Fig. 5.

Although in some cases the registering mechanism may be secured directly to the casing A, for convenience of construction I prefer to have the same mounted in a removable frame 27, usually, as is the casing itself, formed of cast-iron, which frame is secured in proper position in the casing by suitable screws or bolts.

In the frame 27 is journaled a dial-hand shaft 29, which passes out through the dial D and has secured to its outer end an indicating dial-hand 28, the face of dial usually, as shown in the drawings, indicating the lifting or punching force applied to the lifting-handle or punchingpad in pounds from 0 to 1,500 and a collar or bushing 31 being usually secured upon the end of the shaft between the frame 27 and the dial D in order to prevent reciprocation thereof, and this shaft is provided with multiplex screw-thread 30, usually of the quadruplex form shown.

On the shaft 29 is mounted a suitably-threaded slide-nut 32, having a bottom slotted extension 33, through which passes a smooth slide rod 34, arranged in the frame 27, the purpose of such slide-rod beingto prevent binding of the slide-nut upon the screw-shaft 29, and the nut being reciprocated along the screw-shaft and slide-rod by a pivot-pin 43, which is located in the slot of the slide-nut between the screw-shaft and slide-rod and is carried by the slide-nut lever 42.

Extending rearward from the center of the front portion of the frame 27 is a bracketpicce 35, to the rear end of which is pivoted, by means of a bolt 37 the rear coin-lever 36, to the top of which is pivoted, by means'of the pivot-pin 44, the slide-nut lever 42, the rear coin-lever 36 being provided with a top stud 39 to prevent too excessive movement of the lever 42, and with a side stud 40, carrying an ad justing-screw 45, by which the movement of theslide-nut lever is limited in the; other direction, a spring 46, secured between a forward extension 46 of the lever 42 and the side stud 40 of the rear coin-lever 36 and connected with a screw-bolt 47, passing through such side stud and carrying a thumb-nut 48, normally forcing the slide-nut lever against the set-screw. Pivoted to the other side of the rear bracket-piece 35 upon a pivot-pin or bolt 50 is the front coin-lever 49, this lever being kept normally pressed at the bottom against the frame by a working spring 51, and when in such position the actuating-lug 52 thereof lies to the rear of the prongs 55, forming the bottom extension of the coinchute 55, which is provided with a slot 56 to and secured to the frame 27 by means of suitable screws or other fastenings, as shown.

The rear coin-lever 36 is provided with a spring 38, which normally keeps the same closed upon the end of the coin-shelf 54 in the extreme forward position, and this rear coinlever is provided at its lower end with the end prongs 58, having between them the slot 61, such prongs having the forwardly-extending side wings 59, which when the lever is in normal position inclose the coin-shelf 54, so as to form a coin-receiving chamber 54".

The lever 36 is provided on one side with a brake-lug 68, which abuts againsta babbitted or other similar braking curved surface carried by a frictional brake-sector 65, pivoted to the frame by a bolt or pin 65 and forced away from the braking-lug 68, so as to allow the lever 36 to be returned to the forward position by pressure upon the outer end of a releasing-rod 66, the sector being normally forced against the brake-lug by the action of a spring 71 in connection with such sector by means of a rod 69, provided with an adjusting thumb-nut 70, by the actuation of which the pressure of the sector-brake surface upon the brake-lug of the lever 36 may be regulated within wide limits. By this arrangement and construction it will be seen that until a coin is inserted in the coin-chute 55, while the handle may be lifted or the punching-pad struck, inasmuch as the actuating-lug 52 of the front coin-lever 49 can pass freely rearward through the slot 61 of the rear coin-lever 36, Fig. 4 there will be. no actuation of such rear coinlever, and consequently no actuation of thedialhand 28. When, however, a coin is inserted, the same will drop into the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 4, and if then either the pad be struck or the handle 20 lifted the actuating-lug 52, forcing such coin against the end prongs 58 of the rear coin-lever 36, will cause such lever 36 to be carried rearward according to the force of the power exerted thereon,and it will also be seen that the instant the force ceases the front lever 49 will be instantly carried to the front by the action of spring 51, while the coin being, released from pressure will be allowed to drop by gravity'into any suitable coin-receptacle, the lever 36 being retained in its extreme position by the braking mechanism, consisting of the lug 68 and sector 65. Consequently the dial-hand 28 IIO will remain stationary and continue to indicate the power exerted until such time as pressure upon the endvof the releasing-rod 66 pushes the sector 65 away from the brake-lug- 68, and thus allow the spring 38 to returnthe rear coin-lever 36 to its normal extreme for ward position, by which movement it will of course, through the corresponding necessitated movement of the slide-nut 32 and shaft 29, cause a return of the dial-hand to zero.

Attached to the frame 27 or-casing, adjacent to the rear coin-lever 36, is an electric switch 'Yt, having two poles 8O 81, which constitute a portion of a normally broken circuit of electric conductors in which is included a battery or other suitable electric supply 73 and an electric alarm, bell, buzzer, annunciator, or other suitable signal, usually auditory, which signal is indicated by 72, and carried by the rear coin-lever 36 is contact-piece 75, whichv is adjustable on such lever, so that the position of such lever during which it will close the circuit and cause an actuation of the signal may be regulated within wide limits, and usually this is set so that such signal will be actuated only when the dial-hand stands at 750 or upward.

Usually my device is provided at one side of the casing with an upright measuring-rod 76, provided with a slide 77, by which the height of the individual may be measured by standing underneath the slide, the same being held in position upon the upright or rod 7 6 by a spring 76 hearing against the. inside of such upright or rod and the rod or upright 7 6 being provided with suitable measurementfigures, such as inches and feet or centimeters, &c.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In adevice of the class described, a dial, an indicating-hand adjacent to the dial, a revoluble shaft carrying the hand provided with a screw thread of long pitch, a slide nut mounted upon the shaft mechanism for moving the slide-nut so as to rotate-the shaft,and actuating mechanism adapted to be coupled with the slide-nut-actuating mechanism upon the insertion of a coin.

2. In a device of the class described,,adial, an indicating-hand adjacent the dial, a revoluble shaft carrying thehand-provided with a multiple screw-thread, a smooth slide-shaft located adjacent to the dial-shaft, a slide-nut having a screw-thread mounted upon the twoshaft mechanism for making the slide-nut so as to rotate the shaft, and actuating mechanism adapted to be coupled with the slide-nutactuating mechanism upon the insertion of a com.

3. In a lifting-machine, a lifting-rod, a hollow post through which the lifting-rod reciprocates, an adjustable handle upon the upper portion of the lifting-rod, a pivoted lever attached to the lower end of the lifting-rod, a conical helico-spiral spring within the hollow post interposed between the top of the post and -the pivoted lever, a rod connected to the pivoted lever, a chain, cord, or band connected at one end to the top of the rod and at the other end actuated by the front coin-lever upon the insertion of a coin, and an indicating device .in actuating connection with the rear coin-lever.

4. In a combined lifting and punching machine, a liftingrod,.-a hollow post through which the lifting-rod reciprocates, an adjust-- able handle upon theupper portion of the lifting-rod, a pivoted lever attached to the lower end of the lifting-rod, a conical helicospiral spring within the hollow post interposed between the top of the post and the pivoted lever, a rod connected to the pivoted lever, a chain, a cord or band connected at one end to the top of the rod and at the otherto the front coin-lever, apulley over which the cord or band passes on its way from rod to lever, a rear coin-lever adapted to be actuated by the front coin-lever upon'the insertion of a coin, an indicating device in actuating connection with the rear coin-lever, and an audible electric alarm included in a normally broken circuit of conductors, and a contact-piece carried by the coin-lever.

5. The combination with the indicating de-' vice of a coin-operated machine, a worm-shaft nation of a casing, an indicating mechanism, 7

a worm-shaft connected with said mechanism, a nut fitting and traveling on said shaft, an upper movable member connected with said nut, a lower movable member, a yielding connection between said members to prevent shock or breakage, a brake mechanism, and a punchingpad connected with the lower member.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN HEISSENBERGER.

Witnesses:

N. C. MoCoLLIsTER, DANIEL FERGUSON. 

